Mick Tighe

A tribute to the Scottish climbing legend Jimmy Marshall. Though a relative unsung hero of Scottish and UK mountaineering Jimmy Marshall has been inextricably linked to the development of cutting edge climbing in Scotland since the 1950’s and 60’s. In one legendary week on Ben Nevis in 1960 Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smith transformed the shape of Scottish winter mountaineering, advancing it a full ten years.

Doctor Tom is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Old Man Of Hoy and Sgurr A'chaorachain. It was directed by Richard Else in 1994 and produced by Triple Echo Productions. It is a part of the series The edge - One hundred years of scottish mountaineering (4/6). It features Chris Bonington, Martin Boysen, Paul Nunn, Mick Tighe and Cameron McNeish.

In one legendary week on Ben Nevis in 1960 Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smith climbed six first winter ascents on consecutive days, including the mini Alpine-route Orion Face Direct. They also made the first one-day winter ascent of Point Five Gully, went for a walk, had a beer and got arrested over an incident with some dominoes! Exactly 50 years later Dave MacLeod and Andy Turner pay tribute by setting out to repeat all the routes that Smith and Marshall first climbed in that famous week. This film tells the story of the original events and follows MacLeod and Turner as they discover exactly what an achievement it was.